Long story short: Ben West thinks doing a Mumbai in Europe is too difficult, owing the greater capabilities of Euro-intel and law enforcement and the tactical obstacles to pulling one off. Plus, the basis for believing the plot is real is a single intelligence source.

Also, did everyone catch that the Euroterror plot is, in the view of some anonymous intelligence officials, the basis for this month’s way accelerated drone campaign in the Pakistani tribal areas? Kind of dubious, no? I get that the claim is to “preempt” the plot, but wouldn’t it stand to reason that if the plot is mature, the operatives behind it will have already exfiltrated to Europe?